B&W Trailer Hitches Blog

Trailer Hitches to ATV Attachments
2 weeks 5 days ago
B&W Trailer Hitch Happenings

 

New ventures can be hard to start but they always afford excitement. B&W Trailer Hitches latest venture is starting next week and is surrounded with excitement. We will be in New Orleans showcasing a new product. What do trailer hitches have to do with Marti Gras? Aside from pulling the floats, not much, however we are introducing an effective new product to the rental market at The Rental Show. This convention gathers equipment rental industry professionals from all over the country.

B&W Trailer Hitches is excited to present the GradeBoss, an ATV attachment that is light enough to use with your ATV, yet heavy enough to fix your drive. Its versatile design allows for multiple uses like prepping food plots. The best part about owning or renting a GradeBoss is that you don’t have to purchase a load of gravel to grade and fix your driveway. Just repurpose the gravel you already have. Check out our videoson our YouTube page. The GradeBoss hooks up to your ATV in less than 2 minutes and has a remote control for adjusting the Thomson Electric Actuator. It is designed for scarifying, scraping and leveling gravel or dirt roads and driveways, packed dirt surfaces or loose dirt areas. Go ahead, put your ATV to work!

GradeBoss

Marketing Mishaps and Trailer Hitches
6 weeks 15 hours ago
B&W Trailer Hitch Happenings

A relaxed driver, towing with B&W's Companion Fifth Wheel Hitch

B&W Trailer Hitches received the following letter from one of our Companion fifth wheel hitch customers today:

Hello B&W

Saw your ad in Trailer Life Magazine.  A few days later I came upon this back-up, I-17 North of Phoenix.  Here was the guy from your ad, one hand on the wheel, coffee in the other, toys in the ditch, toyhauler on the way to the junk yard.  I can just hear his wife; “next time keep your hands on the wheel and I will hold your coffee!”

I am sure your ad people can do a better job for such a fine product.

The best to you all,

G.G.

 

I have to admit, all of us in the Marketing Department got a chuckle from the letter (and the fact that the letter came with actual photographs showing the crumpled fifth-wheel trailer he encountered.)  It’s not that an accident is a laughing matter AT ALL.  It’s just that we never imagined that our ad photo would be blamed for an accident that a loyal customer just happened upon.

In the development of the ad, I remember trying to decide what would make a driver look relaxed.  Even though we are a department of women, I know we tossed around the idea of making the driver a woman (‘so easy, even a woman can do it!’).  Don’t groan, we didn’t go with it.  We settled on a man with no lid on his coffee cup, obviously very comfortable pulling his fifth wheel trailer with one of our oh-so-smooth Companion Fifth Wheel Hitches.  Courtesy of McDonalds lawsuits, there is probably no American who hasn’t considered the idea of a lapful of hot coffee.

So we will be more careful the next time we shoot photos for our ads.  We know that customers are watching and what we depict will be viewed as an endorsement of that behavior!  As far as trailer hitch marketing faux pas, this one is not the worst one I have been affiliated with.  I will share that one in the future, if you promise not to laugh.

Oh well.  In the exciting world of marketing trailer hitches, I’m just glad someone remembered some of our work.

 

Now What? B&W Trailer Hitches after Christmas
7 weeks 6 days ago
B&W Trailer Hitch Happenings

Christmas has come and gone. Now what? Well, with all the blessings still warming our hearts the only thing left to do is enjoy the toys! B&W Trailer Hitches owner, Joe Works, was gifted with a new Segway. As soon as he learns how to do some tricks there is no doubt in our minds that he will be segwaying around the plant all the way from the gooseneck hitch packing department to the fith wheel hitch paint line. The new additions to the manufacturing plant have made it a challenge to traverse. The hard part for Joe will be keeping it to himself. There is a long line of employees that are ready to take it for a spin. 

Enjoy this time after Christmas basking in the warmth of the blessings that the holiday forces us to notice and remember. Our family here at B&W Trailer Hitches is basking in the blessing of working for a growing company. 

 

B&W Trailer Hitches owner, Joe Works, enjoying his Christmas gift

End of Year Schedule
9 weeks 2 days ago
Company News

As in years past we will be closing our factory for year end inventory.  Product shipments will end Wednesday December 28, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. and resume Monday January 2, 2012.  We will be answering calls during inventory.

We will be closed Friday December 23, 2011, Monday December 26, 2011 and Friday December 30, 2011.

 

Gooseneck coupler among World Ag Expo new products
11 weeks 1 day ago
Company News

B&W Trailer Hitches' Defender Locking Gooseneck Coupler was one of only nine honorable mentions. The Defender™ is unlike any gooseneck coupler on the market today.  With unrivaled ease of use and security features built into the coupler, the Defender™ helps keep your property safe and ensures easier towing. You can check out it's features here.

The International Agri-Center is home to World Ag Expo, February 14-16, 2012 in Tulare, California. An estimated annual average of 100,000 individuals from 70 countries attend World Ag Expo each year. The Expo is the largest annual agricultural show of its kind with 1,600 exhibitors displaying cutting-edge agricultural technology and equipment on 2.6 million square feet of show grounds. Find out more about the competition here.

Holiday Gift Guide
12 weeks 2 days ago
Reviews

Cowboys & Indians - The Premier Magazine of the West listed the chrome Tow & Stow in their holiday gift guide. Who wouldn't want a Tow & Stow Receiver Hitch. It's the last hitch you will ever need.

Tow & Stow